tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39008552018-03-19T04:16:01.884-04:00Troll54 where are you ?MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.comBlogger2855125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-63547324341367360022018-03-18T16:19:00.001-04:002018-03-18T16:19:19.798-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(4:11 PM UTC-4)<br />(+27*F......w/wind chill +20*F...sunny)<br />( a youtube mix)<br />&nbsp; I awoke just after 7 AM, wanted to walk, needed some juice which I only buy at Dollar General....their store brand is just as good and cheaper than anywhere else, plus they have 2 flavors I can't find at a competitive price.....checked the weather and......and the temperature was +3*F.........waited a few hours and it had warmed up to a balmy 18*F...but no wind therefore no wind chill...( dang I forgot to light the sarcasm warning sign)....but it really was quite tolerable...and I nice walk....</div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-15692953698486216882018-03-17T16:28:00.002-04:002018-03-17T16:32:50.392-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(4:05 PM UTC-4)<br />(+24*F....w/wind chill +12*F...sunny with winds out of the north @16 mph)<br />( The Best of Holst )<br />&nbsp; Dang wind out of the north, geographically speaking it's coming off Hudson Bay.....which is part of the Arctic Ocean..Brrrrrrr....<br />&nbsp; Despite the nippy weather, took a walk, first to&nbsp; the convenience store and was headed for Aldi and look in my pocket...no quarter....you place a quarter in a slot to free your cart, and get one back when you put the cart away, saves the store from paying someone to collect carts left in&nbsp; the parking lot, so took a quick detour back to my&nbsp; lodgings to get a quarter.....got a quarter....which at that point I remember that I had a while back secreted&nbsp;a quarter in my wallet for just such a situation, so I'm walking through the parking lot now with 2 quarters and a woman was just finishing loading her "soccer mom van"...and I offered to buy the shopping cart for a quarter.....to which she replied....no just take it.......when I was done I gave it to a nice lady and told her to just "pass it on"......of all the things I've lost or mislaid in my 70 years I miss my&nbsp; mind the most.........technically I didn't lose my marbles, I gave them to my bro who is 10 years younger...so I have no idea where they are.....oy vey.....<br />&nbsp; In my defense I did stay up past midnight watching Syracuse University win their basketball game in the NCAA tournament.....right now I cannot decided whether to watch some TV, get something to eat, or take a nap......</div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-78166078422401900052018-03-16T19:14:00.000-04:002018-03-16T19:14:11.711-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(6:55 PM UTC-4)<br />(+27*F.....+16*F w/wind chill)<br />(episode of "Sherlock Holmes")<br />&nbsp; To my great surprise except for a couple of spots the sidewalks were clear and I was able to walk yesterday, twice actually, had intended to sit down and post after my early evening walk, but was "dead" tired, and decided to take the rest of the evening in quiet rest....<br />&nbsp; Have come to the conclusion that I am going to change my main market from Price Chopper to Aldi......except for the house made breads and a few other item that Aldi doesn't carry, Price Chopper has a much better selection of condiments.....but the two main reasons for the change are the prices, and the length of the walk..the Price Chopper is a fair piece from my lodgings...and Aldi is right across the street but I from time to time I do walk in that direction to a local convenience store, so I may drop in to Price Chopper when I need to.....my pharmacy is located there....another plus is my bank is in the same direction......<br />&nbsp; Have been looking for an online free poker site, thought I had found a good one and played quite a bit today....however I find the layout a tad complicated, and requires quick, accurate mouse work, and I find it difficult considering my essential tremors.....so have removed it from my game list and the search goes on........</div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-39626888657482526002018-03-14T10:24:00.000-04:002018-03-14T10:24:06.714-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(10:27 AM UTC-5)<br />(+29*F....+19*F w/wind chill light snow)<br />( episode of "Sherlock Holmes )<br />&nbsp; I wish you all a Happy Pi-day, I realize it's irrational but there it is....my nephew and this bride, both geeks with masters degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, were married on Pi-Day and picked the date deliberately.....So to Nate &amp; Karen....Happy Anniversary......<br />&nbsp; It's still snowing but just very lightly...I doubt that over the last few days we've got more then a couple of inches of snow, but we are on the western age of the storm, a Nor'Easter coming up the east coast....<br />&nbsp; It's been a quite few days.....and with even the little amount of snow we've gotten, it's too much snow for this gippy old man to brave the conditions......&nbsp;</div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-86124565280252556612018-03-12T20:50:00.002-04:002018-03-12T20:53:54.168-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(8:52 PM UTC-4)<br />(+33*F.....+26*F w/wind chill)<br />("Gaudy Night")<br />&nbsp; One of my dear old dad's sayings, and he had a bucket full of them, was "If you don't have it in your head, you have to have it in your feet".....when I went shopping this morning I checked everything but 2 things....1) the weather forecast for the next few days: and 2) How much salad greens I had left and their condition....so as I went about fixing my evening meal. my salad greens were pretty much gone, both in quantity and quality.....so checked the weather forecast and discovered from overnight tonight to Thursday AM we are under yet another winter snow advisory....with up to 14" of snow predicted, the bulk of it will probably fall on Tug Hill to the south and the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains to the east, but then a slight shift of the wind.......and you never know....so off I went again, a bag of salad greens, a small boule, and a chocolate cherry ice cream sundae......In my defense the sundae was marked down on the value card....</div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-36381983996574914862018-03-12T11:36:00.001-04:002018-03-12T12:02:39.421-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(11:16 AM UTC-4)<br />(+33*F.....w?wind chill +27*F)<br />(Brahms "a German Requiem")<br />&nbsp; Just back from my morning walk....out to Price Chopper.....and on the way&nbsp; back Aldi.....a little brisk this morning but didn't have a problem with my back.....in the final analysis I think the problem was just being a little out of "walking shape"<br />&nbsp; Now because of the fact that I live in a hotel, I have limited appliances for cooking...if a microwave, a coffee maker, and a small food processor can actually be called appliances....but have discovered creative ways to cook despite the limitations<br />&nbsp; Which leads me to today's experiment in microwave cooking.....now let's first establish the fact that I love bacon......now there is a product on the market called "microwave bacon" a tad pricey as compared to regular bacon....but done in seconds....but really substandard in both taste and mouth feel.....so.....went googling the other day and lo and behold found instructions on how to microwave real bacon.....in a minute per slice.....so on my walk this morning picked up a pound of good bacon.....and after a tad of fiddling with the time.....not quite like fried, but quite acceptably...with a hard boiled egg (store bought), a plum, and a yogurt a very nice first meal....now it's off to google to see if I can find how to hard boil an egg in a microwave or a coffee maker.....film @11<br />&nbsp; Just back from google, hard and soft boiled egg instructional video in a coffee maker......now the problem is transporting a cartoon of eggs in my sling bag with out having the yoke on me...</div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-64964677530698957252018-03-11T21:50:00.001-04:002018-03-11T21:56:31.210-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(9:36 PM UTC-4)<br />(+25*F....w/wing chill +19*F)<br />("Hellfighters")<br />&nbsp; Been a quiet day except that I decided to go shopping...but need to go up to the ATM for some "pocket money".....I guess I could use my debit card but would rather pay cash except for a high ticket item......but with the snow banks rather then the trip to the ATM being just up the hill, had to take the long way around, and although it was really that cold, and I dressed for it, I caught the proverbial "chill"...and decided to fore go the shopping....<br />&nbsp; Had last night the best night sleep I've had in months....went to bed just after 11PM and just before set the clock 1 hour ahead for day light savings time.....and slept right through to just after 7AM......normal 2 or 3 hours at a time is just about the best I can expect......but slept last night like the proverbial log.....<br />&nbsp; The NCAA's are about to start and although I didn't attend any of the colleges in the tournament.....but since SU is only 70 miles away and my daughter is an alum.....will probably follow the tournament.....<br />&nbsp; I haven't posted to "Random Thoughts" for 2 weeks.....but then nobody on face book has posted anything that ticked me off bad enough to respond....I never respond on face book for two basic reasons....most of my responses are too long IMHO to post there, and 2 as admin of my blogs I control the comments......not for opinions but to avoid flame wars.....</div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-31897997207978923372018-03-10T07:56:00.003-05:002018-03-10T07:56:46.987-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">( 7:32 AM UTC-5)<br />(+29*F......+20*F w/wind chill.....light snow)<br />("Gaudy Night")<br />&nbsp; Snow should abate by noon, and we should have according to the forecasters four or five days of relatively clear weather but not very warm, mid 30s for the daytime highs....so it may be a couple of days before&nbsp; the sidewalks are clear...I wanted to walk today but rather not face icy sidewalks.....and walking in one of the busiest streets during the mad dash of shoppers in their SUVs.....not to mention the Amish buggies...isn't my idea of a nice, enjoyable, calm walk...the only thing I'm out of is bananas........and I'm not that despite.......besides I haven't got delivery for weeks and it may be a good excuse to order a fried fish dinner......which I have a hankerin' for....<br />&nbsp; HBO2 is showing starting at 9:30 AM.....back to back all ten episodes of "Westworld"....they did that awhile back, and I binged...today I think I might just pick and choose......but there's no guarantee that I won't get caught with it and sucked down the rabbit hole....<br /><br /></div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-20560681330926531112018-03-09T19:10:00.001-05:002018-03-09T19:12:45.776-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(7:00 PM UTC-5)<br />(+31*F......+22*F w/wind chill)<br />( Mash reruns)<br />&nbsp; This has been a crazy day...awoke at 6AM ( which is about an hour or two hours earlier that usual).....but was wide wake so got up....and logged on to the internet.....and about 11AM I lost my internet connection....every indication was I was connected but wasn't...was off until just a few minutes ago.....but the same thing happened a few weeks ago......have to check in the morning to see what actually happened......but have no control over the provider as&nbsp; it comes with my rooms.....&nbsp;</div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-57615620495722201952018-03-08T15:09:00.003-05:002018-03-08T15:17:26.361-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(2:51 PM UTC-5)<br />(+29*F...w/wind chill +20*F)<br />( Best of Telemann)<br />&nbsp; Got a little snow overnight and it's snowing now very lightly...now because I needed a new pair of shoes, and the shoe stores are really even in the best of weather out of my "walking range"... I had asked my sis if she would drive me.....and as she and her hubby are leaving for the west-coast on Sunday to visit her son and his family.....she called about noon to see if I could go today.....which we did...<br />&nbsp; Now the old pair of my "summer shoes" had seen better days....they were 4 years old and the worst for wear....but the purchase of shoes brings up something about aging I was unaware up until a few years ago.....that being among other things falling arches.....I wore a normal width shoe in either size 9 &amp; 1/2 or 10..depending on what they were for....with this pair of shoes I'm now a size 12 wide....oy gavalt.....of course at the same time I've compacted from just under 5'8" to 5"5"......If the size gets any bigger, I'm going to look like I'm wearing clown shoes...but there&nbsp; are some that might say that, that would be just about right considering my personality..<br />&nbsp; After playing around with the pages I've added to my poetry blog......I've discovered one major draw back.......which is I have no control over the layout.....it's identical to the main page...which is fine for how I'm using them in that case...However if I do start writing short stories.....adding a page here for the afore mentioned stories.....doesn't strike me as the best option........besides I could start another blog for the stories, and make it private until I decided to publish it.....</div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-84678311261543148722018-03-07T13:03:00.000-05:002018-03-07T20:57:43.147-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(12:47 PM UTC-5)<br />(+36*F....w/wind chill +28*f......light snow)<br />("Gaudy Night)<br />&nbsp; Where I live the time zone is EST (eastern standard time) which is UTC-5, but in keeping with tradition (by law but the date does vary) we switch over to EDST (day light savings time)....Early Sunday morning we will add an hour to the time......at 2AM EST on Sunday the clocks are to be set ahead to 3AM EDST.....there is an old adage "We Spring forward (add an hour) and Fall back ( remove the afore mentioned hour), but I didn't know the correct way to convert EDST to UTC....the page I found it would be UTC-4......but being lazy I'll either make the change before I retire for the night....or when I get up in the morning..assuming I remember..to get up that is...</div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-67048070999664263272018-03-06T21:27:00.003-05:002018-03-06T21:27:16.594-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(9:07 PM UTC-5)<br />(+36*F...+30*F w/wind chill)<br />( contemporary Christian medley )<br />&nbsp; Spent several hours doing a major overhaul to&nbsp;<a href="https://troll54tpc.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">"Troll's Poetry Corner"</a>&nbsp;it was getting cluttered but I didn't want to wholesale remove much of the content.....now I've know that there was the option to add pages to the blog...so I removed the Limericks and the Haiku from the main page and transferred them to their own pages....which makes more sense.....it did take me awhile because I've never used that option before, but I muddled through....and like the result.....<br />&nbsp; But it gave me a solution that I hadn't considered before....I've been toying with the idea of adding a 4th blog.....I've got some ideas of writing some fiction, short stories.....either syfy or political fiction.....and now that I've gone through the the process of setting up a page to an existing blog.....I think that at least initially if I ever decide to write some short stories I probably take the option of tacking a page so to speak here on "Troll54 Where are You?"<br />&nbsp; At one time I had a bunch of memes that disgraced this page, I have most of them saved, so that is another idea for adding a page to this blog......<br />&nbsp; &nbsp;But anyone who has read this blog, or any of my blogs know that I can't leave anything well enough alone for any length of time.....</div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-49763213316867300952018-03-06T16:59:00.001-05:002018-03-11T21:59:17.548-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(4:30 PM UTC-5)<br /><div>(+40*F a partially sunny day)</div><div>( a "Hornblower" episode)</div><div>&nbsp; This being a Tuesday the morning festivities included making sure all joints were functioning, and the weekly visit from housekeeping.....and a check of the weather for the next few days, starting this evening the forecast through Friday evening calls for rain and/or snow....so decided to take my walk this AM.....and taking the same precautions I mentioned in a below post....the back behaved itself with little complaining....whether the application of the topical gel, and lengthened cane.....or that after the&nbsp; restrictions of winter on my walking..I may be coming around to decent walking shape.....</div><div>&nbsp; I have always had a very good memory with two notable exceptions...I must have missed some basic principles of phonics.in grammar school, and I really can't spell a lick.....I've been known to misspell the same word 2 or 3 different ways in the same paragraph...and the factor in that I never took instruction in typing.....and also factor in that my essential tremors occasionally causes me to double type a letter or clip a letter that has no business being in the word I'm trying to type.....hence my love/hate relationship with spell check....</div><div>&nbsp; The second exception is I have a terrible memory when it comes to remembering names...but with the several 1000 people I've met through my life I'm not surprised......while sitting in the college cafeteria eating breakfast one morning I forgot the name of the young lady seated across from me who I had been "seeing" for several weeks......I eventually remember it before any damage was done....</div><div>&nbsp; What brought this weakness to this particular problem.....As I chatted with the housekeeper recounted a story about a lady that I had work related dealings with for several years, In fact when she told me that she was going to leave the company she was working for...I dropped her name to another person who worked in the same industry (long haul trucking).....and she ended up with a new job....but couldn't remember her name for the life of me....until about 4 hours later...oy vey....</div></div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-50261486324408467842018-03-05T21:53:00.000-05:002018-03-05T21:53:01.023-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(9:30 PM UTC-5)<br />(+30*F.....+23*F w/wind chill)<br />( Hec Ramsey pilot)<br />&nbsp; &nbsp;Last year I really enjoyed the episode of the "Mega-race" on Motor Monday...and they were showing "Mega-Race 2"......so thought I'd watch it.....haven't been a fan lately of either "Fast and Loud" or "Street Outlaws"....but thought I'd watch....got through maybe 25 minutes and thought I was watching a show that was a combination of "The Three Stooges" and an episode of "The Jerry Springer Show".....neither of which were ever back in the day not anything I'd watch......so I've opted for a rerun on Youtube....and posting to my blog.....<br />&nbsp; I used to enjoy so called "Reality TV".....now I'm not very gullible, and I know that many have always been, "staged" and "scripted"....and those I avoid......but I do still&nbsp; liked those that are competition based....."Iron Chef America".....and shows like that.....but even those sometimes are to some extent scripted....but too many of the newer reality shows are a little too staged for my liking....<br />&nbsp; Took a walk today...a short one......I've mentioned that my back has been bothering me a little on walks......wore my lighter shoes, adjust my cane to be a bit longer, and as a precaution rubbed my back with an topical analgesic before I walked and it was fine......I do think the problem is with the weather&nbsp; and all, there have been times when I have walked for the better part of two weeks, and I'm just not in "walking shape" at the moment....<br />&nbsp; I as of late have watched an ever decreasing amount of shows on the "boob tube"..and have found many older TV shows on Youtube....and watch and or listen while I surf the web...</div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-18147999134061528982018-03-05T08:45:00.002-05:002018-03-05T08:45:16.131-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(8:29 AM UTC-5)<br />(+26*F.....+17*F w/wind chill)<br />(Wagner Overtures)<br />&nbsp; I think that this weird winter has finally gotten the best of me......I hadn't slept well Saturday night.....an old Achilles Tendon strain decided to complain and I got little sleep..........sat down last night to write my daily entry here and just had nothing to say.....now that hasn't stopped me before I can talk for hours or write a long passage of prose when I have absolutely nothing&nbsp; to say but I just make it up as I go along.....but last night it was ....forget this and went to bed and the best night's sleep I've had in ages......tendon is still stiff but just a "background level" of pain.......which I have over many years learned to live with.....<br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-57136210677897850472018-03-03T20:55:00.000-05:002018-03-03T20:55:04.627-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(8:26 PM UTC-5)<br /><div>(+34*F......w/wing chill...+27*F)</div><div>( an episode of "Lord Peter Wimsey")</div><div>&nbsp; While wandering rather aimlessly today around the internet in general and Youtube in particular, not really looking for anything in particular I "stumbled" upon an episode of "Sherlock Holmes"....which had originally aired on British TV and then several years ago on PBS......and with just a little digging found several episodes......and got to thinking if the "Lord Peter Wimsey" series (same origin, first British TV, then PBS) had also been up loaded....and have been happily watching from mid-afternoon until now....<br />&nbsp; I really think I might be loosing what little is left of my mind....I had a detailed shopping list..which I as is my habit...I left in my rooms.....probably got distracted by something.......so I thought that I'd got everything I had wanted.....while standing at the crosswalk waiting for the walk light....dang..forgot the horseradish....back down the hill to the market......found the horseradish....and as I was walking to the check out......double dang...bananas....I mean I forgot the bananas....One of my best skills has always been my ability to concentrate on the task at hand......but if I do get distracted and/or interrupted....I end up...with the same thoughts....."Where was I? What was I doing?.....and WHY??".....most of the snow was melted but as usual a couple of the sidewalks weren't shovel and icy.....there were spots I had to walk in the street...now walking in the busiest street in town, on a Saturday Afternoon is not my fondest dream...but I survived..</div></div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-35209796615358789952018-03-03T11:02:00.000-05:002018-03-03T11:02:13.349-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(10:36 AM UTC-5)<br />(+32*F.......+23*F w/windchill)<br />( a "Hornblower episode)<br />&nbsp; The storm that rolled up the east coast more or less missed us.....we got somewhere between a trace and a dusting......maybe 2" and that's giving it the benefit of the doubt...but I'm told it is a tad slippery.....and I'm hoping that the temperature will raise enough so the snow on the sidewalks will melt.....I'd really would like to walk....need a few things.......the most important being the walk itself....<br />&nbsp; I sit here today a tad frustrated....years back when singing with a contemporary gospel group we sang a worship song "Yes Lord".....well one of my musical gifts is that I hear harmony parts......in this particular case I heard a rocking bass vocal part......now I was (voice is gone).......high tenor by trade...or a 2nd soprano w/falsetto....but I also with the use of pedal tones could "fake" a bass part......a type know back in the days of early rock as an "idiot bass".......now there were those who would say that I faked the bass part.....but not the idiot part...that I came by naturally.....that not withstanding....I searched Youtube for the song....I found gospel, rock, spiritual, and even the song backed by a big band......but not one with the bass harmony part that I not only heard but sang many times.....now I can't believe I'm the only one who ever heard that harmony line.....so I'll keep on searching.....maybe like the group I sang in it was never recorded.......&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-57512749267187392202018-03-02T17:02:00.001-05:002018-03-02T17:02:49.641-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(4:32 PM UTC-5)<br />(+30*F.......light snow)<br />("The Hound of the Baskervilles")<br />&nbsp; As I write this, I'm listening to the 1959 Hammer Films treatment of the Arthur Conan Doyle classic......starting Peter Cushing &amp; Christopher Lee.....spellcheck didn't recognize "Baskervilles" and suggested that I meant "basketballs"........oy vey......<br />&nbsp; The storm that was predicted although it's hammering the east coast has more or less missed us.......we've gotten maybe 2" of snow....and with the predicted temperature tomorrow and Sunday it should all be melted, and forgotten........<br />&nbsp; &nbsp;I was grabbing some things for a salad from the fridge and all were in containers or bags closed with bag-clips.....save a small bag of radishes...which I managed to drop twice resulting in a jail break of radishes bouncing and rolling around my lodgings....so after the roundup of the rogue radishes what i didn't use I placed in a plastic container.......after my meal I went back to my computer table.....and heard a wee small voice coming from under my desk chair.......I had missed one of the rogue radishes....</div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-28615209576456378952018-03-01T16:21:00.002-05:002018-03-01T16:23:56.148-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(3:52 PM UTC-5)<br />(+44*F)<br />(Beethoven: "Christ on the Mount of Olives)<br />&nbsp; &nbsp;According to the weather forecast snow starting as early tonight at 10PM through 10PM Friday night...with 5 to 10 inches of accumulation....but in the inventory crew I worked with if a certain count was an estimate, next to the count you'd see S.W.A.G.....which stood for Scientific Wild Ass Guess......and IMHO all weather forecasts should also be followed by S.W.A.G.<br />&nbsp; Because the weather tomorrow does not look conducive to a walk.....despite my low opinion of weather forecasts I decided to walk today....back was a little stiff this AM so tried a couple of new things.....changed to a lighter shoes...my "summer" shoes....rather then my "winter" shoes.......and applied so of my topical analgesic gel to my back before I walked, and the back was better, not perfect but tolerable.....with my age and relative physical condition I'm usually quite satisfied with tolerable...<br />&nbsp; When I got to the Aldi parking lot, I saw what has over the last several years a common sight around here, an Amish buggy with the horse tethered to one of the light poles.....there always has been a large Mennonite population in the area centered around the village of Lowville....but in recent years there has been established an Amish community to the west of Watertown.....and the sight of an Amish buggy traveling on the city streets doesn't cause any surprise...<br />&nbsp; Years ago when I was working and into sport.....at any given time between several differnt sports, hunting and work I had not 2 pairs of shoes but on average maybe 15 to 20 pairs.....was considering putting an addition on the house just to hold all the shoes and the equipment related to my varied interests.......I'm joking about it but at the time my significant other wasn't......an every time she had a garage sale, things that I was no longer using seemed to disappear....now I really did have a problem with it except I never saw any of the money...I guess that was price I had to pay for her putting up with me......cheap at twice the price......</div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-44029766078011128752018-02-28T11:55:00.002-05:002018-02-28T11:55:19.840-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(11:26 AM UTC-5)<br />(+55*F....beautiful sunny day)<br />( Choral music for Lent)<br />&nbsp; Seems that the prediction was off, but the bad weather is still predicted for late Thursday, into Friday.....I have come to the conclusion that "an accurate weather forecast" may be the ultimate oxymoron...<br />&nbsp; &nbsp;Two sure signs that spring may be upon us....one of the maintenance guys told me he had observed a grey squirrel spring mating ritual....and went I walked today observed a sure sign of spring.the "flying rats" (aka: seagulls) are back.....<br />&nbsp; After my walk today my back was yelling at me, now this happens from time to time and I've always put it off to, too much heavy stuff in my sling bag, or the fact that because of the weather I may be a little out of walking shape...but really did have a heavy load today......went to Ollie's which I rarely do, they have a good price on spices, and a bag of snack size Heath bars.....a can of mixed nuts at Dollar General.....so weight in the bag shouldn't have been a factor......length of walk was maybe a tad longer...but got to thinking because I walk with a cane, and have balance issues, I tend to walk a little hunched down so I can see where my next few steps are......had the same problem with the back years ago went I played golf......which was fixed by going from a standard to a mid-length putter so I stood more upright at address.......not sure I can apply that to walking......but I can apply some topical analgesic gel to the back and did<br />&nbsp; First meal today hit the 4 basic food groups....a boiled egg, a yogurt, a banana, and a snack size Heath bar....well my definition of the 4 basic food groups anyways&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-68761494049609413892018-02-27T15:13:00.002-05:002018-02-27T15:13:54.458-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(2:56 PM UTC-5)<br />(+49*F..sunny...but windy)<br />(Steven Green mix)<br />&nbsp; I awoke this AM feeling physically about as good as I've felt in quite a while......housekeeping came into clean....a Tuesday thing.....had planned to walk but later on my right hip, which only bothers me once in a "coon's age" has been singing a mournful tune......to the point that a walk is&nbsp;not a good idea...and when I checked the forecast precipitation is predicted for the next 3 days...rain in the afternoon on Wednesday and also in the afternoon on Thursday, but Thursday evening changing to snow through Friday....about 6" predicted.......so it looks like March may come in like the proverbial lion.....lats hope that it follows the old wives tale and goes out like a lamb....but with the way the weather has&nbsp; been this year I ain't holding my breath......so I'll probably try to walk in the morning either tomorrow or Thursday......really don't need anything.....well other that the walk for walk's sake......<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-15244451859857611812018-02-26T19:31:00.000-05:002018-02-26T19:31:05.418-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(7:16 PM UTC-5)<br />(+34*F...w/wind chill +27*F)<br />(Best of the Moody Blues)<br />&nbsp; Have had a quiet day....On FB I belong to 2 groups......neither should be a big surprise..."Pun Intended" and "The Farthest Side".....been keeping tracked on a post to The Farthest side, and commenting on a very funny cartoon.....<br />&nbsp; I often complain about the lack of anything good to watch on the boob tube......but today was worse.....several things that would interest me.....all in over lapping time slots.....oy vey<br />&nbsp; Went over my budget this afternoon, and realized that I was a tad short on pocket money.....I had been shopping 4 straight days....so took a short walk just next door to one of my best friends.....the local ATM just outside a branch to my bank.debit card in hand.......my SSI is direct deposit....I also wanted to check my balance....just got the monthly statement, but virtually every time the posted date of the statement is a couple of days before the deposit...everything is okay....but I am a tad paranoid....especial were my money is concerned.....&nbsp;</div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-87316688858066452812018-02-26T12:15:00.000-05:002018-02-26T12:15:09.562-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(11:43 AM UTC-5)<br />(+39*F)<br />(&nbsp; Acappella Hymns)<br />&nbsp; I can't believe that spell check doesn't recognize "Acappella"...I had thought I had added it to the dictionary awhile back.......oy vey<br />&nbsp; When I posted yesterday it was damp, dreary and I was stiff as a board...but it was a beautiful day just before dusk, so I walked<br />&nbsp; Discovered something I didn't know.....I was annoyed with my local market..they had been carrying a brand of sambal sauce, (another add to the dictionary) where I had always found it, was in the ethnic food section...and I looked there....no joy......so last night I was in the condiment section looking for peperoncini (dang..another add to the dictionary some times spelled with a double P but spell check didn't know that form either)....and I heard a wee voice with an Asian accent calling to me and there was the stock of sambal......on the bottom shelf....oy vey<br />&nbsp; I love a good salami but normally it costs an arm and a leg, or you must mortgage your first born......she's&nbsp; 40 now and I don't think she'd like that much......but have&nbsp; found a really nice one at Aldi, for a song......no they didn't make me sing, my voice went south years ago, didn't take me with it, and hasn't come back.....</div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-57744176045694717452018-02-25T15:28:00.001-05:002018-02-25T15:28:23.043-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(3:13 PM UTC-5)<br />(+48*F.......partially cloudy)<br />(Best of Smetana)<br />&nbsp; Rained most of the early morning until just before noon but has turned into a pretty nice day, I got up around 7AM and saw no evidence of the predicted freezing rain, but the girl on day cover at the front desk said it was quite slippery on her drive in this morning....but then she lives in the "boondocks".....and at a higher elevation then here, so not surprised....<br />&nbsp; Been another quiet day, spent some time posting to "Random Thoughts" on the current rash of violence in schools.......<br />&nbsp; No walk today.....with the damp weather and having take walks the last few days I find myself pretty stiff and sore.....a big change from my early twenties when I thought nothing of going on a 15 mile run, or logging between&nbsp;75 and 100 miles a week of training runs....sometimes it feels that that was a life time ago, but then I remind myself that that was 45+ years ago....maybe 2 lifetimes ago</div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3900855.post-56839312728252796242018-02-24T15:08:00.004-05:002018-02-24T15:08:42.991-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">(2:54 AM UTC-5)<br />(+40*F)<br />( a classical mix)<br />&nbsp; This winter has just been a barrel of laughs....we are under another winter weather advisory between AM and 10AM tomorrow for&nbsp; freezing rain....accumulation of up to 2/10"......lovely......( the mad one turns off his sarcasm)<br />&nbsp; One of my nieces got married today...she works in Slovakia and the wedding was there, was unable to attend but my best wishes to Abby and Stephen......<br />&nbsp; Took a short walk to Aldi......and realized when I got home that the cupboard and fridge are now full......a good thing..with the weather being so screwy this winter, and I can't predict from one day to the next which of my joints will be cooperative.....I figure I've got the better part of a month of food&nbsp; on hand, and if not although I haven't used them in quite a while I still have menus from several delivery places.....<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>MadTrolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952206211231985724noreply@blogger.com0